Hudson man charged for kidnap report

Thursday

Mar 6, 2014 at 4:00 PMMar 6, 2014 at 4:53 PM

By Daily Telegram staff

A 21-year-old Hudson man faces a felony prosecution for allegedly making a false police report of being kidnapped on Feb. 16 as an excuse for missing work. Thomas Scott Verdon was arraigned Thursday in Lenawee County District Court on a charge of making a false report of a felony. He remains free on personal recognizance pending a March 17 hearing.

Hudson police worked to identify a suspect after Verdon reported he had been abducted, said Hudson Police Chief Charles Weir.

Verdon called at 1:20 p.m. that day and reported a stranger kidnapped him at 5:30 a.m. while he was starting his car in the 300 block of Grove Street. He reported he was held prisoner and sexually assaulted.

“We weren’t able to come up with anything,” Weir said. When officers interviewed him a second time, he said, Verdon admitted making up the story.

“He was trying to get out of work,” Weir said. “There’s nobody out there grabbing people and abducting them.”